Luddites Won: Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing community opposition. Company looking for new site
Luddites Won: Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing community opposition. Company looking for new site

Luddites Won: Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing community opposition. Company looking for new site

https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2025/10/08/microsoft-pulls-plans-for-data-center-in-caledonia-wisconsin/86580822007/

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in Caledonia. The decision was made in response to opposition from local residents and officials.

This is why the online hatemob against AI has real consequences. They're going to do this again everywhere a company tries to build a new data center. AGI isn’t gonna happen if this keeps up.

submitted by /u/Tolopono
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